Wacom advise

bikeit

Senior Member
Just bought a Wacom Intuos pro to hopefully speed up my processing in LR & PS, i normally use keyboard shortcuts when in LR & PS, so when im in LR and going through a large photoshoot i use the forward and back keys to go through the photos and hit the X key to reject the ones i dont want, so what is the best way to set up the wacom so i can do this, watched a few youtube videos but im more confused now than when i started. thanks in advance
 

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
Just bought a Wacom Intuos pro to hopefully speed up my processing in LR & PS, i normally use keyboard shortcuts when in LR & PS, so when im in LR and going through a large photoshoot i use the forward and back keys to go through the photos and hit the X key to reject the ones i dont want, so what is the best way to set up the wacom so i can do this, watched a few youtube videos but im more confused now than when i started. thanks in advance
I use my tablet a lot. I mean, a LOT a lot, but frankly... Not for reviewing/purging of photos. For that sort of thing I stick to the mouse and keyboard and, frankly, that's my advice to you. However, if you really want to pursue this these instructions should iron it out for you: Assigning Keystrokes
 

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
Thanks Paul, can you explain what you use the tablet for in PS & LR
Well my workflow goes from Bridge to Camera Raw (Lightroom) to Photoshop. I use Bridge to cull and rate shots using the keyboard and then I do global edits (e.g. WB correction, exposure, spot removal, lens profile/distortion correction) in Camera Raw. A lof ot stuff in Camera Raw I use the tablet for, probably 75% or so. Most anything that requires a Brush, I use my tablet for. Photoshop is where I make creative/artistic adjustments and use the tablet almost exclusively. Detail work is done with brushes and I lean heavily on the pressure sensitivity of the pen to help with retouching.
 

bikeit

Senior Member
Essentially, yes.

Technically I don't use Lightroom, I use Camera Raw which, under the hood IS Adobe Camera Raw, so I consider them the same thing.
Ok thanks, it's just I've tried to take photos from Bridge into LR on a PC without success.

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Horoscope Fish

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Ok thanks, it's just I've tried to take photos from Bridge into LR on a PC without success.

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Well, as I said I'm not a Lightroom user so I could be way off base here but...

I believe if you are going to use Adobe products you have two basic workflows: one is Bridge -> Adobe Camera Raw -> Photoshop; with Bridge being your digital asset manager.

Lightroom, on the other hand, has its digital asset management built into its cataloging function, so it's not really designed to integrate with Adobe Bridge like Photoshop is. So the second basic workflow option would be pretty much Lightroom with the possibility of exporting to Photoshop of course.
 
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